Dynamiques agricoles : trajectoires vs. modèle(s) ? Le cas du Douaisis

Abstract

Far from the traditional representations between conventional and organic/local/direct-selling farming, there is a diversity of non-exclusive strategies, responding to individual logics related not only to the farm trajectory, but also to the beliefs of the farmer. We propose a new reading grid crossing different dimensions and leading to the classification of farms according to four profiles. Convergences and tensions are developing between the different “forms” of agriculture, reflecting complex processes of hybridization and disjunction. Our results, by providing a better understanding of the changes in French agriculture and highlighting the permeability between agricultural models, could be used to shape public policies towards sustainable agriculture and food.

Keywords

• agriculture
• agro-ecological transition
• hybridization
• typology
• Douaisis
• France